Quasi-Objects Explained

Quasi-Objects
Type:	Album
Artist:	Matmos
Border:	yes
Released:	June 16, 1998
Genre:	Electronic
Length:	39:49
Label:	Vague Terrain
Prev Title:	Matmos
Prev Year:	1997
Next Title:	The West
Next Year:	1999

Quasi-Objects is a 1998 electronic music album by Matmos, which followed their self-titled debut. Matmos created the album's music by incorporating ordinary sounds recorded around their home.

Reception

Quasi-Objects has received mixed reviews from music critics. AllMusic's Sean Cooper called the album "both an improvement [on Matmos' [[Matmos (album)|self-titled debut]]] and a disappointment", with the musicians letting "the schtick of let's-make-tracks-entirely-out-of-weird-noises get the better of their aesthetic judgement." Pitchfork Media's Mark Richard-San similarly described the album as "too reliant on novelty", and thought that its central gimmick "smothered the music."^[1]

Personnel

• Design – Rex Ray^[2]
• Cover illustration – M.C. Schmidt^[2]
• Sequenced by, sampler, synthesizer [W-30, Sh-101, Mono/poly], edited by [digital editing], mixed by, banjo, electric guitar, effects [latex clothing, balloons, whoopee cushion, body sounds, field recording, quasi-objects] – Drew Daniel, M.C. Schmidt^[2]
• Written by – Matmos^[2]
• Guitar [phone guitar] on track 2 – Tim Furnish^[2]
• Slide guitar on track 2 – M.C. Schmidt

Notes and References

1. Mark Richard-San, Review of A Chance to Cut is a Chance to Cure Pitchfork, 31 March 2001. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
2. http://www.discogs.com/Matmos-Quasi-Objects/release/183461 Quasi-Objects track listing